Smith, T.J., 2006. An attentional theory of continuity editing.
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In the chapter “Film (Cinema) Perception”, the author points of the one of the most basic traits of film, which is the illusion of continuity resulted from the editing process. Through the editing of the director, the audience is enabled to anticipate the storyline of the film based on what they are informed of via the combination of shots, which altogether offers them clues of what is going on in the next. Such is what the social feature of that the dynamic scenes in a film provide. Cut in shots, according to the according, brings error in continuity while achieves certain purposes of the director through the new combination of visual information.
In the chapter “Film (Cinema) Perception”, the author points of the one of the most basic traits of film, which is the illusion of continuity resulted from the editing process. Through the editing of the director, the audience is enabled to anticipate the storyline of the film based on what they are informed of via the combination of shots, which altogether offers them clues of what is going on in the next. Such is what the social feature of that the dynamic scenes in a film provide. Cut in shots, according to the according, brings error in continuity while achieves certain purposes of the director through the new combination of visual information.